My Country - Week 2 - Friday Period 3

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As the students came in Yondaime was at the front of the class tacking up a large map of some made up world. He smiled at everyone once he was done. “Well like the syllabus promises, today you are getting your countries and naming them,” he explained. “Each country has a number corresponding to it and you’ll find out which is your country by looking at the number taped down on your desk. Also each country has a strength and a weakness and the two smallest countries have two strengths to make up for being so small.” Yondaime shrugged. “It only seemed fair.”

“As for names, the sky is the limit,” he grinned. “I don’t care if you call your country the ‘land of rainbows and glitter. Usually though a countries name reflects the country… with the exception of Greenland and Iceland, I don’t understand those ones, but I don’t think that will matter much here. Once you’ve got a name for your country you can come up and write it on the map then meet with the countries that border yours.”

[Plz wait for OCD.]

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Claim Your Country

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Write down your country's name under it's tag.

Claim Your Country - Country 1

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(http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/Gryffie/?action=view&current=country_1.png)
Advantage: lush volcanic fields and diamond depositories
Disadvantages: Volcanic Activity

Re: Claim Your Country - Country 1

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy snagged this one, thinking maybe the volcanoes could be harnessed into something good.

And the shape was cool.

He called it 'Dorrek'. Because he was allowed to be vain sometimes. On the down low.

Claim Your Country - Country 2

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(http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/Gryffie/?action=view&current=country_2.png)
Advantages: strong fishing
Disadvantages: earthquakes

Re: Claim Your Country - Country 2

[notreallyagirl.livejournal.com]

Makoto stared at his country for a really long time. How was he supposed to name a country?

Eventually he gave up trying to come up with something that sounded right and went with 'Silly Dragon'.

Because, well, that's what it looked like. Sortof. A little.

Claim Your Country - Country 3

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(http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/Gryffie/?action=view&current=country_3.png)
Advantage: Strong Tourism
Disadvantage: Inter-island Struggles

Re: Claim Your Country - Country 3

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was a no brainer.

BURTONIA. There were additional squiggles as Jack tried to think of names for the individual islands.

Claim Your Country - Country 4

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(http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/Gryffie/?action=view&current=country_4.png)
Advantage: Heavily Forested
Disadvantage: Large mountian range through middle of country.

Claim Your Country - Country 5

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(http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/Gryffie/?action=view&current=country_5.png)
Advantage: strong shipping ports
Disadvantage: seasonal flooding

Re: Claim Your Country - Country 5

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan considered the country for a short while, until finally a memory of his childhood surfaced. He'd often dreamed of visiting this one imaginary place (... and occasionally considered looking it up, once he was a wizard), a kingdom governed by magic. Perhaps his country wouldn't have a court of mages, but the name was perhaps still suited.

Coragriffone

Re: Claim Your Country - Country 5

[makescherries.livejournal.com]

At some point during class, Cimorene came over with a container (http://lickyourownbowl.wordpress.com/2007/06/30/spicy-mayan-chocolate-mousse/). "Cimorene."

Re: Claim Your Country - Country 5

[not_in_the_book]

"Beg pardon?" Ronan asked, blinking at the girl who'd soaked him the weekend before.

Re: Claim Your Country - Country 5

[makescherries.livejournal.com]

"You wanted to start over. My name is Cimorene." This is as much an apology he was going to get. As well as the container that was being waved in his general direction.

Re: Claim Your Country - Country 5

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan smiled softly. "Ah, yes. Well, thank you, Cimorene. What's this?" he added, taking the container.

Re: Claim Your Country - Country 5

[makescherries.livejournal.com]

"Chocolate mousse. Isabel said you like spicy food, so I tried." Again, as close to an apology as he's getting.

Re: Claim Your Country - Country 5

[not_in_the_book]

"... Spicy chocolate mousse?" Ronan hastily opened the container, dipping one finger in and tasting the sweet and spicy concoction. "Cimorene? I think you may be my new best friend."

Re: Claim Your Country - Country 5

[makescherries.livejournal.com]

"Even after I tried to melt you?" Cimorene asked with a dry smile.

Claim Your Country - Country 6

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(http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/Gryffie/?action=view&current=country_6.png)
Advantage: strong fishing
Disadvantage: Poor soil

Claim Your Country - Country 7

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(http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/Gryffie/?action=view&current=country_7.png)
Advantage: fertile soil and strong tourism
Disadvantage: bordered on all sides with other countries.

Re: Claim Your Country - Country 7

[halfshell-hero.livejournal.com]

Mikey really didn't think that being bordered on all sides by other dudes was going to be a disadvantage. The more the merrier, totally!

When it came to naming his country, the answer was simple enough.

'Cowabungatopia!'

Claim Your Country - Country 8

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(http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/Gryffie/?action=view&current=country_8.png)
Advantage: metal deposits
Disadvantage: poor soil

Re: Claim Your Country - Country 8

[makescherries.livejournal.com]

Cimorene starred at her country for a while, trying to figure out what to name it and finally settled on Katalil.

Claim Your Country - Country 9

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(http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/Gryffie/?action=view&current=country_9.png)
Advantage: strong tourism
Disadvantage: seasonal droughts

Re: Claim Your Country - Country 9

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

Demyx barely had to think about it. He scrawled 'Musicland' on the map, pleased with himself.

Claim Your Country - Country 10

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(http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/Gryffie/?action=view&current=country_10.png)
Advantage: heavily forested
Disadvantage: inclement weather